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Topic: confusion about the pollen traps (Read 1918 times)

OK so I got my sundance bottom traps today , an I must say I am confused on how they work ( of course a paper clip has me baffled so I am sure these will definitely do it ) so from what I can tell on these traps is:

the bees enter the hive and go through the little cones?

then the bees have to transverse the pollen trap then make another 180 and go back the other way before they get into the hive from the trap. during this transversing of the hive the pollen is removed from the bee and dropped in the collector?

Ok after not being able to let this go ( dog with a bone) i think i got it down. when stealing pollen, the door is up , this makes the bees go into the trap and up the side where the pollen is stripped. When not taking pollen the door is put down, the bees go through the little holes and straight ahead where the pollen is not stripped because the entry at this point is bigger.

Pollen traps all work on this principle, they have to go through something that is a tight squeeze (usually #5 hardware cloth) and lose some pollen which falls through a screen (usually #7 hardware cloth) into a drawer with a screen bottom (screen door screen). The cones are so they can exit without going back through the #5 hardware cloth and so the drones can escape.

Pollen traps are OK if you have a million bees , but every time a bee goes thru a small space it takes a little off their wings(damages) and makes them unable to fly in time , but if you need the pollen and not the bees go ahead, just my concern.. Joel.

Pollen traps are OK if you have a million bees , but every time a bee goes thru a small space it takes a little off their wings(damages) and makes them unable to fly in time , but if you need the pollen and not the bees go ahead, just my concern.. Joel.

Hmmm. I've not heard that at all - do you have anything I could read about this?